The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1887-07-29

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every form, under any name OF
lguise, and all others who seek our
shores, not to become part of our
civilization citizenship which ac-
knowledge no allegiance of our
laws, no sympathy with our
aims and institutions; but who
come among us to make war
upon society, to diminish the
dignity and rewards of American
working men and degrade our labor
to their level. Against all these
our gates should be closed. But
while fayoring every honorable and
practical measure to protect Ameri-
can labor against the evil effect of
foreign immigration and competi.
ton, we recognize also the dan~
gers which menace it at home and
condemn az hostile to its cause, as
subversive of its dignity AMI power
the bold and persistent usu patton
of rights and privileges. The condi-
ton of the men who labor in the
North can not be maintained or inn
proved so long as men who labor
! in the. South are Wrongfully de-
priyed of the rights and powers of
American citizenship. Their labor
meets in close and immediate COM
petition and neither can be degraded
without striking at the prosperity
and. independence of the other.
Recognizing these plain truths, we
demand free ballot and fair count
in all sections, of our country. We
demand it and will ever demand it
as entire source of justice to the real
producer of prosperity and wealth
and the sole security of the republic
and its free institution
3rd. We deprecate national strife
and divisions. We have placed
war with hate and revenge behind US
butthe settlementsoEWar must stand
irrevocable, respected, honored and
observed in every part of the repub-
lie. More we have never demanded;
less we will not have. Congress
should exercise constitutional au~
thority and take control and super
vision of elections of representatives
to Congress.
4th. We demand such duties on
wool and manufactures thereof as
will secure All American market to
American producers. We denounce
the demand made under President
Cleveland's administration by the
Secretary of the Treasury in his an
nual report of December 9th, 1886
for the immediate passage of an act
placing raw wool upon the free list,
and we denounce the Democratic
State platform which proclaims its
hearty and unqualified endorses
ment of said administration and de-
mands the reduction of present du.
ties on wool and on woolen and
worsted goods. Such redu ;tion
would destroy wool growing and
would inyite large imports, break
-3@ewn American mpetition give
control Of our own market to foreign |
producers who would ultimately |
demand an cxorbitant price. We
earnestly protest against the decis-
ions of the Secretary of the Treas
ury in customs cases in the interest
of the foreign producer and foreign |
labor AS in opposition to the letter
and spirit Of the tariff laws.
5Lh. We favor liberal pensions to
the soldiers and sailors of the
Union, adequate appropriations for
the improvement of our national
water ways, and national all tp ed
ucation If too much revenue be
collected to meet these an,l other
public needs, we demand thattne
first step in reduction thereof shall
be the abolition of tt e internal tax
upon American grown topacco.
9th. The public lands of the
United States should be sacredlv
held for the use and beneti Of ac-
tual. settlers alone, and laws nro
venting ownership of these lands by
corporations an non residents
should be rigidly enforced.
7th. While We condemn the false
pretence O. President Cleveland's
administration of the civil service
law, we advocate the maintenance
and proper enforcement of said law
and demand such additional legis
lation as will remove appointm -nts
from partisan influence.
9Th. The Republican party has
been a frienl of oppressed nation-
alities, and we extend our hearty
sympathy to Gladstone, Parne Il and
their associates IN their effors to Sc
cure hnme rule for Ireland.
9th. We condemn the aetioa of
Mr.. Cleveland on the veterans pen
sions bills, and especially we de-
nouace the spirit manifested toward
the manned am disabled soldiers
of the country in language in which
certain of his vetoes ere couched
and we condemn as unjust and
unmerited his veto Of the depend
ant pension bill, and declare that
it was in plain violation of the ma
tional pledges to its defenders, and
the oft repeated promises OF the
Democratic party of the North
made during political campaigns to
secure votes. We demand of Con-
gress that it pass, and of the Presi-
dent, to approve liberal enactlnents
pensioning the soldiers of the coun
trj, that ssthe helpless widows of
the dead soldiers, regardless of the
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